Nope you are not the only one that likes old wood. I have a 19x46 den on my old house that has 8" knotty pine tongue and groove in a 10' tall room. It was built around 1946 and in nice shape.
I have some old boards that my dad saved from my granddads that are 16" and wider. He had saved them to build a boat with.
If I would have had any say before my dad sold my grandads property I would have had all the Black Walnut trees cut from it.
About 25 years ago I pulled close to 200 8"x8" 16'to24' long oak beams from an old cotton compress they tore down in Hughes,Arkansas. I used them to build a barn with. Man I wish I still has those.
Love old wood.